Gallant Community Hub - Glasgow

05/12/2025

How beautiful is this painting that the fabulous Libby Walker did for GALLANT?
Libby joined , Friends of the River Kelvin-SCIO and the Marine Biology Society University of Glasgow during a walk last week.
She jumped a fence and bore the brunt of the colder climes to paint 'en plein air' (a phrase that makes me think of Victorian artists!)
If you look closely, you’ll see a bolt of blue that is a homage to the much-loved Kelvin Kingfisher (we call him Kevin :-))

The painting is going to go into the GALLANT x Hunterian Museum Exhibition that we’re currently working on,
BUT, if you’d like to be in with a chance of winning one of five prints of the painting, join us on the communiMap app and get ‘spotting’, as the five users who add the most ‘spots’ in December will win a print!

“What is a ‘spot’?”, I hear you ask…. 😀
A ‘spot’ is a photo and a wee written or voice note that you add to one of the communiMap 'co-labs'
Together, we are exploring Glasgow’s environment, highlighting what we love and what we don’t love about how we move, plant, use and produce energy, look after trees and water and connect with ‘nature’ more generally.
There are six ‘co-labs’, you choose the one you want to contribute to and upload your ‘spot’.
Give it a go! You’ll soon get the hang of it, meet some like-minded friends and, like many of us, you might get hooked!

We’re 1,711 spots in, and the more the merrier!
We’ve started analysing what’s coming in through an iterative process, and it’s truly fascinating.
We’re going to hold co-analysis sessions in 2026, so contributors can learn about analytical processes, and we will get to places in the analysis we might never reach, in terms of understanding the stories collected via communiMap!

Search ‘communiMap’ in the App Store or on Google Play, or contribute online via: https://www.communimap.net/map

11/11/2025

What is your plan for Thursday? 😀

Join our walk in the morning at 10.30 am, we meet in The Pearce Institute reception, and explore more about Partick! We will be walking to visit the Burgh Hall 😉 share this with your friends!

Everyone is welcome 🤗

Invisible Cities
Glasgow Riverside Innovation District
Gallant Community Hub - Glasgow
Florence House
Govan Out and About
Acumfaegovan
Sunny Govan Community Radio
Oakminster Healthcare Ltd
Govan Community Project
Living Laboratory

11/11/2025

We’re experiencing heavy rain across the city today, and we want to better understand how water moves through Glasgow’s streets, parks, and communities.

📸 If you spot areas where rain is pooling, flooding, or flowing, snap a quick photo and upload it to the Water Co-Lab layer in the CommuniMap app.

Snapping on your commute or in your local area? Check back in tomorrow, and add another photo of the same location, so we can see how this water has changed!

Your observations will help us:
🌊 Identify local flooding patterns
🏙️ Understand how water interacts with our urban environment
💡 Support community-led solutions to manage rainfall and surface water

⚠️ Safety first! Please don’t enter floodwater or take risks near roads, drains, or fast-moving water. Photos should always be taken from a safe distance.

Together, we can help map and understand Glasgow’s rainfall — one photo at a time! 🌦️

21/09/2025

🎨 Last chance to win a Libby Walker painting!

Today is the final day to take part in our CommuniMap launch.

Here’s how you can join in:
1️⃣ Download CommuniMap from the App Store or Google Play
2️⃣ Upload a photo to one of the six “co-labs”
3️⃣ Add any details about what you’ve spotted

Every contribution helps us build a community map of Glasgow and every spot will be entered into our raffle. The winner of Libby’s beautiful painting will be chosen next week ✨

Here’s a lovely video by Brahma Vaidya showing Libby creating the painting.

👉 Don’t miss out, join us today and be part of something creative and community-led 😊

16/09/2025

We recently teamed up with The Conservation Volunteers for a hands-on tree mapping workshop 🌳

Our walk took us through the beautiful Elder Park in Govan. With guidance from Laura at TCV, we learned how to identify different trees, measure their height (using sustainable tools from Dalbeattie Wood), record their circumference, and observe the surrounding soil and ground conditions.

Together we uploaded the tree data into the Tree Co-Lab layer of communiMap, which will support ongoing monitoring and help us to better understand the natural environment around us. 🌍💚

TCV - The Conservation Volunteers

15/09/2025

If you haven't already signed up...

We'd love it if you could join GALLANT and Friends of the River Kelvin tomorrow for a guided photowalk along the River Kelvin, where we’ll explore local green spaces, map trees, and record nature stories with communiMap! 🌳

Start time at 10.30am, meeting at the cafe at the Botanics. We'll head North along the Kelvin walkway and return to the Botanics for 13.30. Lunch is also provided! 🙌

Sign up here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-walk-with-friends-of-the-river-kelvin-and-gallant-tickets-1661133096809?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

03/09/2025

Hi everyone!

We’re kicking off a new blog series, where we’ll highlight some amazing members of our community and their journey with GALLANT. First, we’d like to introduce one of our brilliant Community Leads, Marie...

From her roots in the care sector and advocacy work to her role on the Govan Community Council, Marie has always been driven by a passion for people and community. With GALLANT, she’s discovered new ways to channel that passion - from building confidence through our climate communications training to embracing tools like communiMap, where she captures biodiversity moments on walks with her children.

For Marie, climate action and compassion are inseparable. Her story shows how care for people and care for the planet go hand in hand.

Read the full blog to learn more about Marie’s journey and the heart she brings to everything she does 👉 https://tinyurl.com/27cdmb3d

28/08/2025

When we look at the world with wonder, like children do, we find hope for change.

That’s what drives GALLANT’s work in Glasgow — connecting everyday experiences of flooding, growing food, walking and wheeling, and noticing nearby nature to the big global issues of climate justice and biodiversity loss.

Together, we’re sparking education and action that goes far beyond the classroom.

Read more about the vision here:

Environmental education should be a process of learning to see ourselves as part of nature and the living systems that sustain us, says Professor Ria Dunkley

26/08/2025

🌳Our first communiMap Photo Walk with Common Wheel was a hit!

Participants explored the Gartnavel Hospital garden, tested out , and joined a playful “Tree-sure Hunt.”

Open Aye was our excellent facilitator and had us all looking for our best tree and nature spots. A creative, collaborative way to notice nature and map local trees! 📸🌿